C-USA supports stipend idea

11:45 PM,
Aug. 19, 2013

Louisiana Tech head coach Skip Holtz approves of C-USA's endorsement of a stipend for athletes.

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Matt Vines
Louisiana Gannett

Conference USA commissioner Britton Banowsky endorsed the idea of student-athletes receiving a stipend to cover the "full cost of attendance" in July, and the league's university presidents and athletics directors followed suit by supporting that notion at a retreat this past week in Irving, Texas.

New Louisiana Tech athletics director Tommy McClelland reiterated no official vote or legislation passed, but McClelland said C-USA members unanimously agreed to support a stipend should one become available.

"We're supportive of it in the event that (a stipend) would be presented that ...